Foot correction appliance



June 6, 1950 w, PEP|N 2,510,654

FOOT CORRECTION APPLIANCE Filed NOV. 26, 1945 INVENTOR. W/LFRED A. PEP/N ATTORNEY Patented June 6, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FooT CORRECTION APPLIANCE Wilfred A. Pepin, San Diego, Calif.

Application November 26, 1945, Serial No. 630,751

2 Claims. 1

My invention relates to a foot correction appliance more particularly applied in the patients shoes in connection with'removeable insoles or the like and the objects of 'my invention are:

First, to provide an appliance of this class which is readily and easily connected to a com-' mon insole which may be positioned in the patients shoes for corrective treatment;

Second, to provide an appliance of this class which is so arranged that the wearer may make his own adjustments to the particular location which will give the most comfort and protection as well as benefit to the ailing portion of the patients foot being treated;

Third, to provide an appliance of this class having clip portions readily and easily clipped over the edges of the conventional insole providing very flexible means for adjusting and setting the corrective pad in any desired location about the feet 'ofthe patient;

Fourth, to provide an appliance of this class which supports corrective pads in various locations about the patients feet forcorrecting the heel portion, the sides of the feet, and the toes as well as main sole portions of the feet;

Fifth, to provide an appliance of this class which relies upon the strength of the shoe sole for support and therefore does not require individual tensile strength within the appliance itself, preventing a sagging condition normally inherent in conventional appliances and various arch supports;

Sixth, to provide an appliance of this class which is very thin and neat and may be made of lighter material, promoting a greater foot freedom and comfort in the shoe;

Seventh, to provide an appliance of this class which may be made of a variety of materials of low tensile strength, promoting a selection of material that will be resistant to perspiration and fungus or the like;

Eighth, to provide an appliance of this class in which the weight of the patient thereon tends to hold the same securely in place;

Ninth, to provide an appliance of this class which is very versatile in its support of various corrective means for treating a variety of conditions; and

Tenth, to provide an appliance of this class which is very simple and economical of construction, efficient, durable and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying 5 drawings and to the characters of reference thereon and forming a part of this application in which: 7

Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of a substantially conventional shoe insole, showing a variety of my foot correction appliance in connection therewith and also showing by dash lines the outline of the person's toes relatively thereto Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken from line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken from the line 3'-3 of Fig. 1;'

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken from the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a front elevational view taken from the line 55 of Fig. 1; and Fig; 6 is a top plan view of the clip go member of my foot correction appliance.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings. a

The insole I is a substantially conventional insole arranged to be placed in a patients shoes and may be made of a variety of materials as desired.

The clip member 2, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing, is made of thin sheet metal or other suitable material as desired and is provided with extending arm portions 20., adapted to be folded over the outer edge portions la of the insole I, as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The clip member 2 is provided with a base portion 2b, with which the arm portions 2a are integral and this base portion 21) is arranged to support various appliances in the form of pads, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, which are connected thereto by adhesive material.

The pad 3, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the 4 drawings, is arranged to be located under the middle portion of the foot and is readily adjustable by changing the bend location of the folded portions of the arms 2a over the outer edge portions la of the insole I. Thus the patient may make minute adjustments thereof as desired. As shown in Fig. 4, the pad 4 is secured on the clip member 5, which is provided with arm portions 5a folded over the outer edge portions Ia of the insole I and is also provided with an upwardly extending heel pad supporting portion 5b arranged to support the substantially vertical portion 4a of the pad 4, arranged to operate as a corrective medium for various disorders of the patients heels. It will be here noted that the same arrangement as shown in Fig. 4 may be applied to the sides of the feet in various locations for correcting other disorders at any locality about the side of the patients feet.

The clip member 6, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings is provided with extending arm portions 6a, clipped over the edge portions la of the insole member 1 and this clip member 6 is positioned in the toe area of the insole l and supports the pad I thereon, which is arranged to cradletheaib zwapd end of what is commonly known as a hammer toe. one which is bent downwardly at its extended end in which tendons are shortened tending to curl the toe downwardly. The pad: l'supports front end of the hammer toe while the "resil ient band B in connection with the-clip member 6 tends to hold the middle portion ofthe toe downwardly for correctly straightening the same; This resilient band 8, as shown in Fig. fi of-the-z drawing, may be made Qf any resilient material desired andmaxbe fitted-zeta the toe ta s: reated befo e; the nse ez: i nesi "in. the. shoe. The padjrzasis p-wn \-;5, fthe d l w- ;to ether 'w th he' es ba d; miner be scour. :Q thete inniem mea s o an suita-bleiad esit or-oth rw se .asid sire i The operation and installation of my foot ceretion.-;app ian eisisizbstanfg au as f0 10W fi rs taniexaminatidn o them ents Qdnd r- .v .i a i per e nmis me aredland the atat onatbe 9121s determ ed; whereun n thev c in-menr er;is;.fit ed 9 he. insole.-. r n e o s pport l x 9l1 li the micne tanqsitiontr la .iirelr the pa ieni oot.- Thcrea ter t nati nti ay diustv adts i litbc byrchane ia tbesioldn n 7 of :meclipzke 1own-i r d 39 the d w n s, wh ch 91 112. nortions- 211;. substan: ia ly the same asth l n por ions in; and lid Q the clip members V V renresc t; andiffe ie timrm of he. cl member-forappl in i 3 1 99krccrne t eniapn ie ance in a different location relatiyely. toithepa entisafoot-t Thou h-.1; have. shown zaniigdescr bedl Par: 45

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ticular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction, combination and arrangement but desire to include in 5 the scope of my invention a construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1*: in a footrcorrectiow appliance ofthe class described the combination of, a thin fiat clip member having a base portion and extending armportions -clipped over the outer edges of said ber made ofresilient material and arranged to movers "toe'afida" pad portion on said clip member .forwardly of said resilient loop member arranged to support-i the extending end of a The: following; refsrencesearenof:record; ilk-1211B 1312 053 thisipatents; a

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